Over the past years, Chongqing has been implementing the innovation-driven development strategy led by big data intelligence. It accelerated the promotion of digital industrialization and industrial digitization, catalyzed the in-depth integration of the digital economy and real economy, spare no effort to build the "powerhouse of smart manufacturing," and developing the "famous smart city" faster pace. As a result, Chongqing celebrates a growing intelligent industry, remarkable achievements in smart development, and a leading position in central and western China regarding the integration of informatization and industrialization.
Poster of the event Smart Manufacturing for Chongqing's Brighter Future, provided to iChongqing
Data showed that Chongqing carried out nearly 2,000 intelligent transformation projects during the past three years, built almost 400 new digital workshops, and welcomed 2,500-odd new big data intelligence enterprises. Chongqing also improved the share of the digital economy's added value in regional GDP to about 25 and ranked high in China regarding intelligent industry development. By the end of 2020, the city enjoyed 18,500 digital economy enterprises, up 11% yearly.
What are the secrets behind the robust growth of the intelligent industry in Chongqing? What is the attractiveness newly added to Chongqing's economic and social development with big data, intellectualization, and other new technologies?
On July 27th, the city promotion Smart Manufacturing for Chongqing's Brighter Future kicked off. The event was guided by the Press Office of Chongqing Municipal People's Government, sponsored by Chongqing International Culture Association, co-supported by Cushman & Wakefield and China Express Airlines, and co-undertaken by Chongqing International Media Center (iChongqing), CQNEWS, and CQCB.
This event will focus on smart manufacturing. The event is planned to last until September. A series of activities will be planned before and after the 2021 Smart China Expo to showcase six new significances of the city, including the Science City and the Smart Tech Park, to showcase the economic and social development achievements and investment development potential of Chongqing. This event aims to promote Chongqing's image, and increase Chongqing's international influence.
Scheduled from July till September 2021, the event will promote Chongqing's image, exhibit economic developments, showcase its investment potentials, and improve its international influence via a slew of activities around the 2021 Smart China Expo (SCE). With such efforts, it is expected to help Chongqing step onto the global arena.
Based on the recommendation of the SCE Organizing Committee, Chongqing Economic and Information Technology Commission, Chongqing Big Data Application and Development Administration, the event will select ten representatives from Chongqing's fields related to the industry chain such as industrial Internet, AI, IoT, NEVs and chip manufacturing and make short videos for them. The short videos, focusing on stories highlighting work in the industry and their personal lives, aim to display Chongqing's intelligent manufacturing achievements in high-quality development and promote Chongqing's image as a multi-dimensional and diversified city to create a favorable atmosphere for SCE 2021.
As an organizer of SCE, Chongqing International Media Center will dispatch some of its best people to participate in the coverage work in conjunction with CQNEWS and CQCB. An interview and report team consisting of a backbone journalist, senior photographer, and others will launch thought-provoking and characteristic news products. Meanwhile, innovative publicity and report forms that combine all media such as photos, text, and short videos will be developed to offer new, innovative, and quality news products.
During the event, China Express Airlines will provide a special plane to display the image posters of the selected representatives and their messages to Chongqing through the visual carriers in the passenger cabin further to promote Chongqing's image to the outside world.
Notably, Cushman & Wakefield will roll out the Research Report on the Development of Intelligent Manufacturing in Chongqing under the Background of Carbon Neutrality in mid-August. Guided by Chongqing Development and Reform Commission, Chongqing Economic and Information Technology Commission, and other departments and focusing on the strategic goal of "carbon emissions peak" and "carbon neutrality," it will give a professional analysis of the achievements made by Chongqing in implementing an innovation-driven development strategy that is led by big data intelligence against the backdrop of sustainable green development over recent years.
The research report will determine the impact of carbon neutrality on intelligent manufacturing and the relationship between carbon neutrality and smart manufacturing. Built on a review of the world's and China's practice in intelligent manufacturing development and carbon neutrality, it will take a closer look at Chongqing's practices to make further analysis and elaboration in the form of enterprise cases and introduce the future economic and social value of Chongqing's intelligent manufacturing in realizing carbon neutrality.